The European Union’s antitrust authorities are considering a potential breakup of Google’s ad technology business, mirroring US actions, in a significant shift towards a more aggressive regulatory stance against large tech companies’ market dominance.
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The European Commission has proposed new rules to speed up GDPR enforcement by requiring privacy regulators to share information upfront in major cases and settle disputes out of court, although the draft law has faced criticism from both privacy activists and Big Tech companies.
Following the actions of ICCL, the EU Commission is launching routine assessments of all “large-scale” GDPR cases across Europe.
The European Commission is stepping up its watch on how data protection authorities across the EU's apply the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Pre-budget submission earlier this year outlined ‘cascading pressures and constraints’.
The world-leading data law changed how companies work. But four years on, there’s a lag on cleaning up Big Tech.
A paper published by the world's main central bank umbrella group has called for individuals and firms to be given more control over the data collected on them.
The passwordless future just became closer to reality, as Microsoft, Apple, and Google pledged to make passwordless possible across operating systems.
In ordering Facebook to sell Giphy, the CMA has gone further than any other competition regulator in the world.
The European Commission has given its clearest signal yet that it’s prepared to intervene over weak enforcement of the EU’s data protection rules against big tech.